Pillai was arrested late on Monday night following his day-long questioning by the ED officials in the case here in the national capital. The agency has so far arrested 11 persons in the case.
As per the Ministry of Home Affairs' notification, the President has accepted the resignations of Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain with immediate effect.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is questioning former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's close aide Devender Sharma in the excise policy case, said officials on Tuesday.
"While refraining from commenting on the merits of the case under investigation, let me submit that the arrest of Sisodia has lent further force to the argument about certain actions of the central investigation agencies," Pinarayi Vijayan said in the letter.
The jail officials told ANI said that Manish Sisodia has been kept in senior citizen's cell and is not sharing the cell with anyone at present. He is under CCTV surveillance.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday will question former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in Tihar jail in connection with the Delhi Excise policy case, said sources.
The Rouse Avenue Court on Monday sent Delhi's former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to Judicial Custody on March 20, 2023, in case it pertains to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD.
Delhi court on Monday sent Delhi's former Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia to judicial custody till March 20, in the case pertaining to Delhi excise policy case.
"The way people like the Taliban and the al-Qaeda take up weapons in their hands to eliminate their opponents, in the same way, this government is using weapons like ED-CBI to eliminate its opponents," Raut told reporters here.
He was arrested by the investigative agency in a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).
Sisodia was arrested last Sunday in an ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD.